Group Coaching Practicum

Module 1 Foundations

The objective for the first module is to provide a psychodynamic-system foundation for group coaching. Using your self as an instrument, you will also experience group coaching as a participant in order to identify a set of principles, process and skills related to group coaching as well as your own professional development needs.

Full days between 8:30-16:00 CET and half days between 8:30-12:45 CET

Pre-programme preparatory work

Preparatory work for Roger Lehman

Inner Theatre inventory (ITI)

Select an object/artefact (image, poem, music, object, etc) that you can use to describe who you are.

Required reading:

• Kets de Vries (2005) Leadership Group Coaching in Action - The Zen of Creating High Performing Teams

• Ward, Loo & ten Have (2014) Psychodynamic Group Executive Coaching - A Literature Review

Optional readings:

• Edmondson (2018) How fearless organizations succeed

• Kets de Vries (2010) The Group Coaching Conundrum

• Kets de Vries (2010) The Many Colors of Success

• Lehman (2016) The Value Lurking in Your Leadership Unconscious

• McDougall (1985) Prologue from the Theaters of the Mind

Module 1 - Day 2

Preparatory work

Content

Foundations slides

Roger Lehman’s slides

Day 3 recording

Module 1 Follow-up

1. Personal Development Plan (2-3hrs) - Fill in your PDP and submit to your coach 2-3 days before your supervision session.

2. Instructions for Reflective Journaling (1-2hrs) - Begin reflective journaling. Submit to your coach 2-3 days before your supervision session.

3. Supervision session with your coach before Module 2 (1hr) - Please schedule your call directly with your coach.

4. Peer intervision session with your coaching group (1hr) - to be scheduled with your coach

   Guidelines for peer intervision 1:

   • Share key insights from Module 1, what you have learnt and how you can apply your leanings

   • Discuss your PDP

   • How will you support each other through the programme

5. Peer interviews (3hrs) - By Module 3

   Peer interviews are designed to provide an opportunity to connect with other participants. We ask that you have a conversation with an individual from another group and to write up a 1-page summary of who they are, key success factors for group coaching, coaching experience and methodologies and when to apply them.

   Use the daisy chain to determine who you will connect with. You will interview the person to your right and be interviewed by the person to your left (1hr). Please share your short summary with Stephanie. All contact details can be found at the top of the page.

Module 2 - Managing Group Dynamics

Preparation

1. Pre-read (1hr) - Kets de Vries (2012) The Hedgehog Effect: Building High Performing Teams

2. Simulation preparation (1hr) for Day 1

   • Executive Board simulation - Agenda & Docs

   • Executive Board simulation - Profiles

3. Case preparation (1hr) for Day 2 of Module 2

   • Group coaching case - Swimming in a relationship soup

   • Group coaching video with Manfred Kets de Vries

Content

Group Dynamics slides

Recording

Module 2 Follow-up

Update and continue your reflective journal and personal development plan. Please send copy to your coach before your supervision session.

Create your coaching plan. Please send copy to your coach before your supervision session .

Module 3 - Group Coaching in Action

Preparation

Prepare for Group Coaching in Action

> As coach, create coaching plan and organise the preparation (feedback tool) with your assigned coaching group

> As coachee, prepare for coaching session as participant

Content and Resources

Additional Readings

Lisa Lahey on ‘Immunity to Change’

Content

Peer Interviews

M3 Day Day 5 slides

Module 4 - Team Coaching & Tricky Coaching Cases

Preparation

Day 1

Wageman (2018). Building Great Leadership Teams

Haas & Mortensen (2016) The Secrets of Great Teamwork HBR

Day 2

CASE for Day 2 - The Do's and Don'ts of Executive Coaching

Optional

Selection of readings

Content

Module 4 slides

Application: Group coaching in an organisation

Guidelines for final reflection paper

TIMELINE October 2022 – March 2023​

• November / December: Identify team

• 10th December - 15th January: Connection and design

• 15th January - 1st March: Team coaching intervention

• 5th March: Submit final paper

Module 5 - Closing & Celebrations

Module 5 slides

Manfred Q&A recording - Passcode: y=yCW2!s

How to change someone’s mind - Manfred Kets de Vries